Underway she used. Turkeys champions should hear the german side will be keen to make home advantage count against the clock. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us with corona virus case loads now equalling or exceeding the peaks last seen in the spring countries in europe are imposing National Lockdowns ireland has become the 1st announcing its reactivating its highest level of restrictions Prime Minister Michel Martin said all nonessential retailers must close for 6 weeks starting at midnight on wednesday schools be allowed to stay open but bars and restaurants will only be able to serve takeaways then people have been told to stay within 5 kilometers of their home for all but essential purposes. The Prime Minister appealed to the nation to respect the new measures. I understand and i feel very personally and profoundly the sense of disappointment the feelings of loneliness perhaps even this deep despair that this announcement will bring for many. The days are getting shorte
Make moment bed each count against the club from istanbul. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us the number of confirmed corona virus cases worldwide has passed 40000000 with well over a 1000000 deaths the u. S. Brazil and india are reporting the highest numbers europe is also facing a surge in coded 19 infections with record daily highs in many countries let me give you a quick overview of how the situation has developed on march 1st this year Health Departments across europe registered 401 new cases keep in mind that testing was not as widespread then as it is now so actual numbers could have been much higher but you can see a clear. Trend of rising daily infections in the spring peaking at the end of april and early may well by then most of europe was in lockdown and you can see the effect of that here with new infections dropping to a low point in mid july but since the numbers have been creeping up again with new cases rising steadily since august on friday more than 1370
Dangerous conditions in egypts business. So the number of people around the world who have contracted coronaviruses exceeded 40000000 a quarter of those are still active cases iran has reported its highest ever daily death toll at least 337 people that have died of cave in 1000 over the past 24 hours and that brings the total number of fatalities up to more than 30000 and more than 10000000 cases have been reported across latin America Brazil argentina and colombia are among the top 10 worst hit countries in the world and other nations across europe including poland and italy are imposing more restrictions to tackle the new wave of infections and wales is going into a nationwide lockdown for 2 weeks that starts on friday its one of the worst hit areas in the u. K. Over on then jenna hall says the well slow down did come they surprise whales of course already under restrictions much of the country and on friday to the rather unprecedented step of banning people from travelling to wales
Coronavirus pandemic continues. Spoken policy experts about chinas global influence and why continued engagement with china is in the best interest of the u. S. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. Before we proceed to our topic the National Security implications of the u. S. And china relationship in a post covid world, housekeeping matters. The session will be conducted on an unclassified basis p all participants should refrain from discussing any class of either other information protected from public disclosure. The committee is conducting this virtual hearing with House Resolution 965 and the regulations for the conduct of Remote Committee proceedings. It is being broadcast on the committees website. Like many of you, i would have preferred to hold this hearing in person but because of the threat posed by covid19, it remained serious and widespread. We are proceeding in the best manner we can, remotely in todays case, in order to ensure the safety of our
Because the threat posed by covid19 remain serious and widespread, we are proceeding in the best manner we can, remotely in todays case in order to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff and the public. Todays conversation is essential to the oversight of how we should adapt and meet the challenge of increasingly assertive china especially in the backdrop of a Global Pandemic. I had hoped this would be a bipartisan discussion. Unfortunately, without reason or justification, republican colleagues have decided to absent themselves from the committee. I repeat my hope they will reconsider and join us for future unclassified public hearings and unclassified closed roundtables. We will continue to have them as they are being used to frame the oversight issues and requests and inform our members of the various threats facing the country. The American People expect congress will continue doing its job even in a pandemic and that means showing up at a minimum whether we want to or